English Explanatory Dictionary

excited

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having great enthusiasm, passion and energy.
  2. Being in a state of higher energy.
  3. Having an erection; erect.
  4. Sexually aroused.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of excite

Pronunciation

/ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ En-us-excited.ogg

Word forms

excited more excited most excited

Etymology

From excite + -ed.

Synonyms

aboil aflutter amped atwitter eager enthused enthusiastic fever-pitched fired up gassed geed up geeked giddy gripped hepped up het up high-strung highwrought hog-wild hyped hyperexcited jacked up jazzed jiggy juiced keen lit up psyched pumped pumped up souped stoked superpsyched thrilled toey turnt up wigged out wired worked up wrought-up

Antonyms

bored bummed disappointed underwhelmed unexcited

Related words

happy nervous

Derived words

deexcited excimer exciplex excited delirium excitedly excitedness excited state Excited States Excited States of America hyperexcited nervicited nervited nonexcited overexcited sad-cited sadcited self-excited superexcited unexcited
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